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词组 a hard-luck story
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idioma hard-luck storySympathize a story that you tell someone in order to make them feel sorry for you:Then he went round Mrs Emmons' shop and gave her a hard-luck story, and she gave him five quid.She had her own hard-luck story: two marriages, two troubled kids, and a drink problem.

a hard-luck story

A typically self-pitying tale of misfortune, hardship, adversity, etc., told especially to gain sympathy or charity from others. Here he goes again with some hard-luck story to get us to pay for his drinks.

a hard-ˈluck story

a story about yourself that you tell somebody in order to get their sympathy or help: He stopped me in the street and told me a long hard-luck story about his wife leaving him. All he really wanted was some money.Don’t give me any of your hard-luck stories, John. I don’t believe them.
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